Tracking Healthy People 2020 Internet, Broadband, and Mobile Device Access Goals: An Update Using Data From the Health Information National Trends Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the year 2020 approaches, there is a need to evaluate progress toward the United States government's Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) health information technology and communication objectives to establish baselines upon which Healthy People 2030 objectives can be based.

Objective

The aim of this study was to use the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) to benchmark progress toward HP2020 goals related to increasing internet access using broadband, and to assess the state of the digital divide for various sociodemographic groups.

Methods

We merged and analyzed data from 8 administrations of HINTS (2003-2017). Descriptive statistics were generated, and predicted marginals were calculated using interaction terms b

SUBMITTER: Greenberg-Worisek AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6613328 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature